Schubert, Arpichaya Yubol share LPGA Tour lead in Portland

Sophia Schubert birdied two of the final three holes for a 5-under 67 and a share of the lead with Arpichaya Yubol on Saturday in The Standard Portland Classic.

Yubol, the second-round leader, had a 68 to match Schubert at 16-under 200 with a round left on the tree-lined Columbia Edgewater Country Club layout. The leaders are winless on the LPGA Tour, with the 30-year-old Schubert back on the big tour after finishing 10th in the Epson Tour standings last year. The American - the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur winner - is ranked 295th in the world and is 125th in the tour’s points race. “I love the Epson Tour.

It’s great. I loved playing out there,” Schubert said. “I think it was a great boost for my confidence. Competition is great and you get the sense of winning.” The 24-year-old Yubol, from Thailand, is ranked 112th in the world and is 28th in the tour’s season standings.